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Just looking through the entries the prediction of foxinsoxuk was impressive. Very well done. I will be contacting you about the prize which is one of the nicest, if expensive, political books that I’ve ever seen. It is totally comprehensive and beautifully presented. It contains a mine of information and really is a prize worth winning.
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1st like Khan (and foxinsocks)0
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2nd like me in pb fantasy league and spurs for just a few days more0
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bugger - 3rd as spurs soon will be0
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Alongside the ICM poll mentioned in the last thread, Yougov has an EU poll out today showing Remain 42% Leave 40%
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/05/09/eu-referendum-remain-lead-two/0 -
Jeremy Corbyn reported to be open to John McDonnell succeeding him 'in the right circumstances'
http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/jason-cowley-canny-sadiq-khan-has-set-an-example-for-the-rest-of-the-labour-party-a3243581.html-1 -
All depends on when the writ is moved.Theuniondivvie said:0 -
Scrapheap_as_was said:
2nd like me in pb fantasy league and spurs for just a few days more
Wrong twiceScrapheap_as_was said:bugger - 3rd as spurs soon will be
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Dr Fox ....
LibDem winning here ....
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Southam Observer guaranteed me that Arsenal were going to beat Man City. Proves once again that if you want something doing you need to do it yourself. Very tricky game at WHU tonight. Could well decide who the Man U manager is next season.Scrapheap_as_was said:bugger - 3rd as spurs soon will be
But Arsenal will screw up even if Spurs do as well. It is in their nature.0 -
One Londoner sums up Khan's victory 'The difference between Sadiq and Khan is that one wanted to be the mayor of all 33 boroughs, the other gave the impression they would make an excellent mayor of Richmond'
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/how-sadiq-khans-common-touch-proved-to-be-the-secret-of-his-success-a3243331.html0 -
Congratulations to @foxinsoxuk . Also a special mention for John Looney whose entry gave the rest of us a secure floor.0
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Well with the number of Labour supporters on that list that firmly puts to bed that this is a right wing site. Well either that or Tories are crap at forecasting... 0
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'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html0 -
Congratulations Dr Fox0
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Just seen an interview on local news with the new Bristol mayor. Looks ad sounds the part with a very good approach. Bristol are onto a winner here hopefully in comparison to the last idiot.0
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Or they are realistsMoses_ said:Well with the number of Labour supporters on that list that firmly puts to bed that this is a right wing site. Well either that or Tories are crap at forecasting...
Congrats to foxinsoxuk! Prognosticator of prognosticators, at least in terms of mayoral elections... 0 -
13% Do not know.HYUFD said:Alongside the ICM poll mentioned in the last thread, Yougov has an EU poll out today showing Remain 42% Leave 40%
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/05/09/eu-referendum-remain-lead-two/
What will make their mind up ?
Osborne on the new Peston show said that the treasury would be putting out advice, that leaving the EU , would put mortgages up in the short term and house prices would fall.
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Well done foxinsox.
A 'credible' 72nd for me!0 -
An omen ?? .... Ray Kennedy (Arsenal) came third ..... for those of us of a certain vintageScrapheap_as_was said:bugger - 3rd as spurs soon will be
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If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh.
Bet she said it utterly deadpan too. 0 -
Well done Mr Fox. Quite a month for you!0
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Haha! Finished it now - actually looks beyond the referendum.JackW said:
LEAVE Thread - Via carrier pigeon routed through the Bedford Hawk Sanctuary in July.Mortimer said:OGH/TSE, I have the outlines of a thread header for you. How does one get it to you?
REMAIN Thread - Via secure speed of light broadband routed through M15.
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One should expect no less of Dr Fox as he is a firm disciple of my ARSE.RobD said:
Or they are realistsMoses_ said:Well with the number of Labour supporters on that list that firmly puts to bed that this is a right wing site. Well either that or Tories are crap at forecasting...
Congrats to foxinsoxuk! Prognosticator of prognosticators, at least in terms of mayoral elections...0 -
Congrats to Dr. Foxinsox 0
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Note to Peston
Tidy yourself up you scruffy little git, get a shave and a scrub and don't lounge in your seat when asking a question. You are on the BBC National news after all.0 -
I'd completely forgotten about this competition, but I see I entered it.
Congrats to Dr Fox - impressive stuff!0 -
Mr. Moses, didn't he move to ITV?
Agree entirely on the need to tidy up.0 -
Shame there wasn't a Mayoral Turnout competition ..... it jumped markedly despite the predictability of the outcome.0
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Dr Fox is on a roll with this and his 3000-1 winner !0
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Boris responding to the Eurofanatic smears:
https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/7297021560565923850 -
Irrespective of the accuracy, that's a bit naughty - the Library prides itself on its neutrality, and if the librarian is identified by his colleagues - and there aren't very many of them - it'll be awkward for him both to be described as pro-Labour and to be used to have a go at shadow ministers.HYUFD said:
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html0 -
Why should REMAIN panic, you've told the world that REMAIN will win comfortably ?? ....SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl. 0 -
Yougov party figures
Tories 53% Leave 33% Remain, Labour 25% Leave 60% Remain, LD 25% Leave 69% Remain, UKIP 92% Leave 3% Remain
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/o7f6u41miv/GMB_Results_160506_UndecidedVoters_Webstie.pdf0 -
Note to PestonMorris_Dancer said:Mr. Moses, didn't he move to ITV?
Agree entirely on the need to tidy up.
Tidy yourself up you scruffy little git, get a shave and a scrub and don't lounge in your seat when asking a question. You are on the ITV National news after all.0 -
Just caught up with your message.Mortimer said:
Haha! Finished it now - actually looks beyond the referendum.JackW said:
LEAVE Thread - Via carrier pigeon routed through the Bedford Hawk Sanctuary in July.Mortimer said:OGH/TSE, I have the outlines of a thread header for you. How does one get it to you?
REMAIN Thread - Via secure speed of light broadband routed through M15.
Just vanilla message me with it or you can email it to Mike at
Mike at politicalbetting dotcom0 -
Depends if he has got his facts right I supposeNickPalmer said:
Irrespective of the accuracy, that's a bit naughty - the Library prides itself on its neutrality, and if the librarian is identified by his colleagues - and there aren't very many of them - it'll be awkward for him both to be described as pro-Labour and to be used to have a go at shadow ministers.HYUFD said:
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html0 -
Well given the likelihood of the present Shadow Cabinet forming the Government anytime soon you can understand some having a bit of a skive!RobD said:
If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh. Bet she said it utterly deadpan too. 0 -
The difference between Sadiq and Khan is that one wanted to be .....HYUFD said:One Londoner sums up Khan's victory 'The difference between Sadiq and Khan is that one wanted to be the mayor of all 33 boroughs, the other gave the impression they would make an excellent mayor of Richmond'
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/how-sadiq-khans-common-touch-proved-to-be-the-secret-of-his-success-a3243331.html
Evidence of a split personality?
Congrats to Mr Foxinsox.
Oh, and good evening, all.0 -
I expect some undecideds will only make up their minds in the final week, if they voteYorkcity said:
13% Do not know.HYUFD said:Alongside the ICM poll mentioned in the last thread, Yougov has an EU poll out today showing Remain 42% Leave 40%
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2016/05/09/eu-referendum-remain-lead-two/
What will make their mind up ?
Osborne on the new Peston show said that the treasury would be putting out advice, that leaving the EU , would put mortgages up in the short term and house prices would fall.0 -
And, to be fair to her, we don't use DEFCON, I think ours is delightfully called BIKINI.HYUFD said:
Well given the likelihood of the present Shadow Cabinet forming the Government anytime soon you can understand some having a bit of a skive!RobD said:
If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh. Bet she said it utterly deadpan too. 0 -
Anything give you the impression that this is a one-issue obsessed administration ?SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.0 -
PB Remainers, always right, nothing more to learn.
Well done Dr Fox.0 -
Don't know if anyone else is having this problem.
1) The site is expanding all conversations so all nesting is viable making threads huge.
2) To correct edit function now only opens a very small window so difficult to see what you are editing( one line visible)
3) Once the selection of the position of the cursor in edit window is made you can't change it to somewhere else without cancelling and reentering edit mode
This started over the weekend on Chrome. Never been an issue up to this moment. It makes using the site very difficult and also to read and to use.
I use chrome as I cannot log in on any other engine. Not sure why only chrome allows the log in.0 -
At least easy to remember!RobD said:
And, to be fair to her, we don't use DEFCON, I think ours is delightfully called BIKINI.HYUFD said:
Well given the likelihood of the present Shadow Cabinet forming the Government anytime soon you can understand some having a bit of a skive!RobD said:
If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh. Bet she said it utterly deadpan too. 0 -
And great to remember when it goes down.HYUFD said:
At least easy to remember!RobD said:
And, to be fair to her, we don't use DEFCON, I think ours is delightfully called BIKINI.HYUFD said:
Well given the likelihood of the present Shadow Cabinet forming the Government anytime soon you can understand some having a bit of a skive!RobD said:
If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh. Bet she said it utterly deadpan too. 0 -
Yes all of the above. Although it only seems to expand the conversation I post to be fair and if i reload it shrinks back to just the top level and first nesting. But 2 and 3 are a huge pain in the arse. (Latest Chrome on either W8 or W10)Moses_ said:Don't know if anyone else is having this problem.
1) The site is expanding all conversations so all nesting is viable making threads huge.
2) To correct edit function now only opens a very small window so difficult to see what you are editing( one line visible)
3) Once the selection of the position of the cursor in edit window is made you can't change it to somewhere else without cancelling and reentering edit mode
This started over the weekend on Chrome. Never been an issue up to this moment. It makes using the site very difficult and also to read and to use.
I use chrome as I cannot log in on any other engine. Not sure why only chrome allows the log in.0 -
After today, perhaps Cameron needs to encourage people to vote with a show of tanks and military vehicles around June 22/23.0
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Basks in glory :-)
First the Prem title and now this.! My cup runneth over.0 -
To be fair she probably thinks DEFCON is what they apply to one of those non stick frying pans.RobD said:
And, to be fair to her, we don't use DEFCON, I think ours is delightfully called BIKINI.HYUFD said:
Well given the likelihood of the present Shadow Cabinet forming the Government anytime soon you can understand some having a bit of a skive!RobD said:
If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh. Bet she said it utterly deadpan too. 0 -
I was interested in this article & had a look, but it doesn't seem to say which is the asylum and who are the lunatics Mr Salmond reckons will be running it.
http://www.politico.eu/article/alex-salmond-lunatics-would-be-running-the-asylum-after-brexit-independence-eu-europe-day/0 -
Will leave it there I thinkweejonnie said:
And great to remember when it goes down.HYUFD said:
At least easy to remember!RobD said:
And, to be fair to her, we don't use DEFCON, I think ours is delightfully called BIKINI.HYUFD said:
Well given the likelihood of the present Shadow Cabinet forming the Government anytime soon you can understand some having a bit of a skive!RobD said:
If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh. Bet she said it utterly deadpan too. 0 -
With a prize like that, I only hope you are really interested in politics!foxinsoxuk said:Basks in glory :-)
First the Prem title and now this.! My cup runneth over.0 -
Nothing but luck!0
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I get the first 50 odd posts unnested, but all the others nested. A bit odd but tolerable.Indigo said:
Yes all of the above. Although it only seems to expand the conversation I post to be fair and if i reload it shrinks back to just the top level and first nesting. But 2 and 3 are a huge pain in the arse. (Latest Chrome on either W8 or W10)Moses_ said:Don't know if anyone else is having this problem.
1) The site is expanding all conversations so all nesting is viable making threads huge.
2) To correct edit function now only opens a very small window so difficult to see what you are editing( one line visible)
3) Once the selection of the position of the cursor in edit window is made you can't change it to somewhere else without cancelling and reentering edit mode
This started over the weekend on Chrome. Never been an issue up to this moment. It makes using the site very difficult and also to read and to use.
I use chrome as I cannot log in on any other engine. Not sure why only chrome allows the log in.0 -
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I'll take that.... we're going to beat the goners at last..... huzzarJackW said:
An omen ?? .... Ray Kennedy (Arsenal) came third ..... for those of us of a certain vintageScrapheap_as_was said:bugger - 3rd as spurs soon will be
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A doctor writes:TheScreamingEagles said:PB Remainers, always right, nothing more to learn.
Well done Dr Fox.
Those Leavers wanting to look at the NoJam of Feb 29th on Brexit for my prediction may well want to be sitting down with a large brandy for medicinal purposes.0 -
hopefully more than twice incl prediction content!!RobD said:Scrapheap_as_was said:2nd like me in pb fantasy league and spurs for just a few days more
Wrong twiceScrapheap_as_was said:bugger - 3rd as spurs soon will be
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pb fantasy league was the big one though.. at least you've got TSE behind youfoxinsoxuk said:Basks in glory :-)
First the Prem title and now this.! My cup runneth over.0 -
All the yummy mummies I work out with are seriously pissed off with the government over these new tests that went down today. Apparently they were not only harder than previous standards, but harder than the prep papers.
Lots of sharing of tales of kids in tears, not being able to finish, etc etc etc. Putting aside the rights and wrongs of making standards more rigorous, doesn't go down well when their precious little ones are upset.0 -
Dear Mr Moderator or Robert * waves*Indigo said:
Yes all of the above. Although it only seems to expand the conversation I post to be fair and if i reload it shrinks back to just the top level and first nesting. But 2 and 3 are a huge pain in the arse. (Latest Chrome on either W8 or W10)Moses_ said:Don't know if anyone else is having this problem.
1) The site is expanding all conversations so all nesting is viable making threads huge.
2) To correct edit function now only opens a very small window so difficult to see what you are editing( one line visible)
3) Once the selection of the position of the cursor in edit window is made you can't change it to somewhere else without cancelling and reentering edit mode
This started over the weekend on Chrome. Never been an issue up to this moment. It makes using the site very difficult and also to read and to use.
I use chrome as I cannot log in on any other engine. Not sure why only chrome allows the log in.
Could something be done about this per chance oh mighty and most exalted ones of the OGH dynasty?
Ta in advance.....0 -
Well done Fox! A clear win for a REMAINER0
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typical bloody doctorfoxinsoxuk said:
A doctor writes:TheScreamingEagles said:PB Remainers, always right, nothing more to learn.
Well done Dr Fox.
Those Leavers wanting to look at the NoJam of Feb 29th on Brexit for my prediction may well want to be sitting down with a large brandy for medicinal purposes.
one minute you're telling us alcohol is bad for us next minute it's sink a bottle for your health :-)0 -
Congrats Doctor Fox!
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Why is Leicester winning every competition ? I demand an inquiry led by Chilcott.0
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Well I have been staring at election results here in the Philippines for the past 18 hrs and to be honest the results now are pretty much what they were 18hrs ago in percentage terms. Duterte's win was never in doubt, but the run for vice-president is about as tight as you can get and is going down to the wire, Marcos is currently about 120k votes ahead of his rival with about 6 million votes left to count.
As an outsider it was a remarkable sight, most impressive for seeing the incumbent President sitting in a plastic chair at his local elementary school patiently waiting for over an hour for his turn to vote it seems the when people here to go vote pretty much everyone is a plain citizen. In the busy areas people waited for 4 or 5 hours in temperatures well into the 40s for their turn to vote, and seems to cope with remarkable good humour with the inevitable breakdowns in voting machines.
How do you handle 40+ million voters selecting 30 or more candidates off several different lists, open schools all over the country and have voters sitting in the classrooms with their folder of voting slips poring over the options, and then eventually feeding them into an electronic vote counting machine for transmission to Manila.
There are some great pictures in today's Straits Times that give you a taste of the whole event
http://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/photos/in-pictures-filipinos-head-to-the-polls-for-the-philippine-general-election-20160 -
There is something under the surface here that is causing these more and more ludicrous claims.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
There have been so many now that the only ones left to use are death by black hole in the universe or build an arc coz by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.0 -
Maybe he won because all the people who wanted Jemima Khan's brother to win voted for him?AnneJGP said:
The difference between Sadiq and Khan is that one wanted to be .....HYUFD said:One Londoner sums up Khan's victory 'The difference between Sadiq and Khan is that one wanted to be the mayor of all 33 boroughs, the other gave the impression they would make an excellent mayor of Richmond'
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/how-sadiq-khans-common-touch-proved-to-be-the-secret-of-his-success-a3243331.html
Evidence of a split personality?
Congrats to Mr Foxinsox.
Oh, and good evening, all.0 -
Hat tip Guido
Normal precautions advised as the specific polls are not identified so could be voodoo.
Average of 6 polls Shows 50/50 vote split for remain / leave conducted between 25/04/16 and 03/05/16.
"This is why the fear factor was being ramped up by Cameron this morning. Nothing is working. The script had it that by this stage every official authority, foreign government, non-governmental organisation and international organisation backing the status quo would convince a fearful British public that poor old Blighty could not cope in the big bad world on her own. The Great British public seem to think “sod ’em all”…0 -
you had me at "all the yummy mummies I work out with..."FrancisUrquhart said:All the yummy mummies I work out with are seriously pissed off with the government over these new tests that went down today. Apparently they were not only harder than previous standards, but harder than the prep papers.
Lots of sharing of tales of kids in tears, not being able to finish, etc etc etc. Putting aside the rights and wrongs of making standards more rigorous, doesn't go down well when their precious little ones are upset.0 -
No I am not going to google ague but in any case that is tommyrot.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
Remain aren't panicking. They have set out a position, with clarity, about their satisfaction with the new relationship Dave has negotiated between the UK and the EU.
Remainers cannot of course promise that at some point in the future, the leaders of "The 27", from deep within their volcanic lair, won't authorise an airstrike on Hull. Or get the ECJ to forbid all future referendums in the UK on the subject of the EU. Or...or...0 -
Cameron's daft as a brush... And Osborne?SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.0 -
new relationship ?TOPPING said:
No I am not going to google ague but in any case that is tommyrot.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
Remain aren't panicking. They have set out a position, with clarity, about their satisfaction with the new relationship Dave has negotiated between the UK and the EU.
Remainers cannot of course promise that at some point in the future, the leaders of "The 27", from deep within their volcanic lair, won't authorise an airstrike on Hull. Or get the ECJ to forbid all future referendums in the UK on the subject of the EU. Or...or...
LOL0 -
When I did exams many moons ago, scoring 70% was regarded as being exceptional. Now the little darlings have never had to face adversity -which means that when they grow up they will lash out against it and demand Safe-Space.FrancisUrquhart said:All the yummy mummies I work out with are seriously pissed off with the government over these new tests that went down today. Apparently they were not only harder than previous standards, but harder than the prep papers.
Lots of sharing of tales of kids in tears, not being able to finish, etc etc etc. Putting aside the rights and wrongs of making standards more rigorous, doesn't go down well when their precious little ones are upset.0 -
New relationship that will be ignored by future EU leaders, struck down by the ECJ, ignored in any case as the EU Army is formed (C-I-C: Jacques Delors), blah, blah, tinfoil hat, conspiracy theory, siamese cat...Alanbrooke said:
new relationship ?TOPPING said:
No I am not going to google ague but in any case that is tommyrot.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
Remain aren't panicking. They have set out a position, with clarity, about their satisfaction with the new relationship Dave has negotiated between the UK and the EU.
Remainers cannot of course promise that at some point in the future, the leaders of "The 27", from deep within their volcanic lair, won't authorise an airstrike on Hull. Or get the ECJ to forbid all future referendums in the UK on the subject of the EU. Or...or...
LOL
Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and some other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.
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Boris has mobilized the English language and Cameron's gastrointestinal tract.MP_SE said:Boris responding to the Eurofanatic smears:
https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/7297021560565923850 -
you have a charmingly restricted perspective.TOPPING said:
New relationship that will be ignored by future EU leaders, struck down by the ECJ, ignored in any case as the EU Army is formed (C-I-C: Jacques Delors), blah, blah, tinfoil hat, conspiracy theory, siamese cat...Alanbrooke said:
new relationship ?TOPPING said:
No I am not going to google ague but in any case that is tommyrot.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
Remain aren't panicking. They have set out a position, with clarity, about their satisfaction with the new relationship Dave has negotiated between the UK and the EU.
Remainers cannot of course promise that at some point in the future, the leaders of "The 27", from deep within their volcanic lair, won't authorise an airstrike on Hull. Or get the ECJ to forbid all future referendums in the UK on the subject of the EU. Or...or...
LOL
Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and se other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.0 -
It was BIKINI when I worked on MoD sites but it's changed now to something boring ... UK Threat Level.RobD said:
And, to be fair to her, we don't use DEFCON, I think ours is delightfully called BIKINI.HYUFD said:
Well given the likelihood of the present Shadow Cabinet forming the Government anytime soon you can understand some having a bit of a skive!RobD said:
If they needed further evidence, they might check Emily Thornberry’s performance on Sky News yesterday. “I don’t know the official definition of Defcon two,” the shadow defence secretary said, “but I can tell you that when I am secretary of state for defence I will know it.” Oh Labour, never change.HYUFD said:'An attack has been launched on Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour top team from an unusual source: the House of Commons library. Or at least through one librarian, who complained to QC and media commentator Jo
lyon Maugham.
Today he recounted a conversation he’d had with one of the custodians of the library, where MPs go to source information for their debates and papers. It holds 350,000 items on history, politics and policy.
“Chatted to Labour-friendly House of Commons librarian over the weekend,” Maugham tweeted this morning, “who said requests from Labour MPs had gone down by about 90 per cent.”
“Listening to some Labour performances on the floor of the Commons,” his acquaintance added, was “awful — many shadow ministers [are] making no effort to get on top of their briefs”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-corbyn-s-cabal-has-no-need-for-libraries-a3243571.html
That made me laugh. Bet she said it utterly deadpan too.
Yes, from 1970 it was Bikini. The state was always BLACK ALPHA for all the years I was at RNH Haslar. By the time they closed that place I think the wooden boards had rotted and fused into place! Ten years after the system was abolished the gates of the old HMS Rooke, Gibraltar, still show BLACK.
I believe that the lowest status, WHITE, was never actually used anywhere in all its 35 years.
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Calm down, you are going to start embarrassing Meeks and Nabavi with your Europhilia, and your chance of changing anyone's mind here now is the square root of zeroTOPPING said:Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and some other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.
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But don't worry, despite every official Leaver explicitly citing immigration as a key concern (No.1 for BoJo), it's quite clear that the govt will go down the EFTA/EEA route after a Leave vote as it is the most sensible, etc, etc.MonikerDiCanio said:
Boris has mobilized the English language and Cameron's gastrointestinal tract.MP_SE said:Boris responding to the Eurofanatic smears:
https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/7297021560565923850 -
It is as if they did not notice that the fear-based "bitter together" campaign almost led to an independent Scotland. Remain needs to present a positive case for staying in (and likewise Leave for coming out).Moses_ said:Hat tip Guido
Normal precautions advised as the specific polls are not identified so could be voodoo.
Average of 6 polls Shows 50/50 vote split for remain / leave conducted between 25/04/16 and 03/05/16.
"This is why the fear factor was being ramped up by Cameron this morning. Nothing is working. The script had it that by this stage every official authority, foreign government, non-governmental organisation and international organisation backing the status quo would convince a fearful British public that poor old Blighty could not cope in the big bad world on her own. The Great British public seem to think “sod ’em all”…0 -
Yes, I can definitely hear the sound of whistlingTOPPING said:
But don't worry, despite every official Leaver explicitly citing immigration as a key concern (No.1 for BoJo), it's quite clear that the govt will go down the EFTA/EEA route after a Leave vote as it is the most sensible, etc, etc.MonikerDiCanio said:
Boris has mobilized the English language and Cameron's gastrointestinal tract.MP_SE said:Boris responding to the Eurofanatic smears:
https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/729702156056592385 0 -
And you have an I wouldn't have started from here one.Alanbrooke said:
you have a charmingly restricted perspective.TOPPING said:
New relationship that will be ignored by future EU leaders, struck down by the ECJ, ignored in any case as the EU Army is formed (C-I-C: Jacques Delors), blah, blah, tinfoil hat, conspiracy theory, siamese cat...Alanbrooke said:
new relationship ?TOPPING said:
No I am not going to google ague but in any case that is tommyrot.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
Remain aren't panicking. They have set out a position, with clarity, about their satisfaction with the new relationship Dave has negotiated between the UK and the EU.
Remainers cannot of course promise that at some point in the future, the leaders of "The 27", from deep within their volcanic lair, won't authorise an airstrike on Hull. Or get the ECJ to forbid all future referendums in the UK on the subject of the EU. Or...or...
LOL
Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and se other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.0 -
Congratulations Dr Fox. Leicester, Mark Selby and this is the hat trick.
I'm marooned in fourth place in the Fantasy Football - the same as Jezza will be if he stays on until 2020.0 -
The "little darlings" have little chance of a decent job if their employer demands a II.1 and they don't have it, which is standard now.weejonnie said:
When I did exams many moons ago, scoring 70% was regarded as being exceptional. Now the little darlings have never had to face adversity -which means that when they grow up they will lash out against it and demand Safe-Space.FrancisUrquhart said:All the yummy mummies I work out with are seriously pissed off with the government over these new tests that went down today. Apparently they were not only harder than previous standards, but harder than the prep papers.
Lots of sharing of tales of kids in tears, not being able to finish, etc etc etc. Putting aside the rights and wrongs of making standards more rigorous, doesn't go down well when their precious little ones are upset.0 -
As I said, it is easy to have a rose-tinted view of what the UK is or should be or once was when you are 5,000 miles away.Indigo said:
Calm down, you are going to start embarrassing Meeks and Nabavi with your Europhilia, and your chance of changing anyone's mind here now is the square root of zeroTOPPING said:Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and some other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.
For those of us who live here, we deal with the pragmatism of the situation.
Edit: sorry, that was unnecessarily rude.0 -
Think the objection came from poland and sweden - not sure it is good to keep it going but then who knowsMonikerDiCanio said:
Boris has mobilized the English language and Cameron's gastrointestinal tract.MP_SE said:Boris responding to the Eurofanatic smears:
https://twitter.com/MrHarryCole/status/7297021560565923850 -
Not at allTOPPING said:
And you have an I wouldn't have started from here one.Alanbrooke said:
you have a charmingly restricted perspective.TOPPING said:
New relationship that will be ignored by future EU leaders, struck down by the ECJ, ignored in any case as the EU Army is formed (C-I-C: Jacques Delors), blah, blah, tinfoil hat, conspiracy theory, siamese cat...Alanbrooke said:
new relationship ?TOPPING said:
No I am not going to google ague but in any case that is tommyrot.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
Remain aren't panicking. They have set out a position, with clarity, about their satisfaction with the new relationship Dave has negotiated between the UK and the EU.
Remainers cannot of course promise that at some point in the future, the leaders of "The 27", from deep within their volcanic lair, won't authorise an airstrike on Hull. Or get the ECJ to forbid all future referendums in the UK on the subject of the EU. Or...or...
LOL
Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and se other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.
I always start from here, it's just I wouldn't go in the direction of the Osbornites.
Cliffs and lemmings - bad mix.0 -
Hold on. I've never had threading. Have I missed a tick-box somewhere or are you running some extension or other?Indigo said:
Yes all of the above. Although it only seems to expand the conversation I post to be fair and if i reload it shrinks back to just the top level and first nesting. But 2 and 3 are a huge pain in the arse. (Latest Chrome on either W8 or W10)Moses_ said:Don't know if anyone else is having this problem.
1) The site is expanding all conversations so all nesting is viable making threads huge.
2) To correct edit function now only opens a very small window so difficult to see what you are editing( one line visible)
3) Once the selection of the position of the cursor in edit window is made you can't change it to somewhere else without cancelling and reentering edit mode
This started over the weekend on Chrome. Never been an issue up to this moment. It makes using the site very difficult and also to read and to use.
I use chrome as I cannot log in on any other engine. Not sure why only chrome allows the log in.0 -
LOL...one of the advantages of working for oneself ;-)TOPPING said:
you had me at "all the yummy mummies I work out with..."FrancisUrquhart said:All the yummy mummies I work out with are seriously pissed off with the government over these new tests that went down today. Apparently they were not only harder than previous standards, but harder than the prep papers.
Lots of sharing of tales of kids in tears, not being able to finish, etc etc etc. Putting aside the rights and wrongs of making standards more rigorous, doesn't go down well when their precious little ones are upset.0 -
Dilma !!!!0
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and bad geography :-)TOPPING said:
As I said, it is easy to have a rose-tinted view of what the UK is or should be or once was when you are 5,000 miles away.Indigo said:
Calm down, you are going to start embarrassing Meeks and Nabavi with your Europhilia, and your chance of changing anyone's mind here now is the square root of zeroTOPPING said:Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and some other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.
For those of us who live here, we deal with the pragmatism of the situation.
Edit: sorry, that was unnecessarily rude.0 -
What has Osborne got to do with the deal that Dave negotiated or is it a case of my enemy's enemy is my friend?Alanbrooke said:
Not at allTOPPING said:
And you have an I wouldn't have started from here one.Alanbrooke said:
you have a charmingly restricted perspective.TOPPING said:
New relationship that will be ignored by future EU leaders, struck down by the ECJ, ignored in any case as the EU Army is formed (C-I-C: Jacques Delors), blah, blah, tinfoil hat, conspiracy theory, siamese cat...Alanbrooke said:
new relationship ?TOPPING said:
No I am not going to google ague but in any case that is tommyrot.SeanT said:The whiff of panic, if not terror, is now unmistakeable, coming from the REMAIN camp.
@joncraig
Sadiq Khan spokesman says PM told mayor he was "very keen for Sadiq to mobilise his election winning coalition" in support of staying in EU.
A mysterious ague spreads among them. Fearsome portents are seen by night. Mastiffs howl.
Remain aren't panicking. They have set out a position, with clarity, about their satisfaction with the new relationship Dave has negotiated between the UK and the EU.
Remainers cannot of course promise that at some point in the future, the leaders of "The 27", from deep within their volcanic lair, won't authorise an airstrike on Hull. Or get the ECJ to forbid all future referendums in the UK on the subject of the EU. Or...or...
LOL
Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and se other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.
I always start from here, it's just I wouldn't go in the direction of the Osbornites.
Cliffs and lemmings - bad mix.0 -
Dear god out by 2,000 miles. And I used to live in Honkers so I have no excuse.Alanbrooke said:
and bad geography :-)TOPPING said:
As I said, it is easy to have a rose-tinted view of what the UK is or should be or once was when you are 5,000 miles away.Indigo said:
Calm down, you are going to start embarrassing Meeks and Nabavi with your Europhilia, and your chance of changing anyone's mind here now is the square root of zeroTOPPING said:Of course it is a new relationship. No ECU, no EZ/non-EZ discrimination and some other fluff also. No ECU codified by the 28 leaders in an EU document (yes, yes, I know it is not yet in a treaty dear god give me strength), is about as much a new relationship as it can get.
For those of us who live here, we deal with the pragmatism of the situation.
Edit: sorry, that was unnecessarily rude.0
